Sec. 220. Process to ensure the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, shall develop and implement a process— to assess whether an artificial intelligence technology used by the Department of Defense is functioning responsibly; to report and remediate any artificial intelligence technology that is determined not to be functioning responsibly; and in a case in which efforts to remediate such technology have been unsuccessful, to discontinue the use of the technology until effective remediation is achievable.
In developing and implementing the process required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall— develop clear criteria to determine if an artificial intelligence technology is functioning responsibly, which shall include consideration of such criteria previously developed by the Department of Defense; take steps to integrate such process across the organizations and elements of the Department of Defense, including the combatant commands; and provide information on such process to relevant personnel of the Department of Defense including— personnel responsible for developing and deploying artificial intelligence technologies; end users of such technologies, including members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force who use such technologies in military operations; and such other personnel as the Secretary determines appropriate.
The Secretary of Defense shall— commence the implementation of the process required under subsection
(a)not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and fully implement such process not later than one year after such date of enactment. Not later than 160 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of the Secretary in developing and implementing the process required under subsection (a). At a minimum, such briefing shall include an explanation of the criteria developed by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1). Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Secretary in developing and implementing the process required under subsection (a), including the progress of the Secretary with respect to each element specified in subsection (b).